| From: | Andrew Murdoch toreador@***.bc.ca |
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| Subject: | Watcher spirits? |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:19:12 -0700 (PDT) |
> Which also leads me to wonder...how many gm's let people "customize"
> their magical effects (or, heck, suggest that people do this)? I usually
> try to, since it helps me visualize a character better. I'll use a variety
> of shaman...a Dark King shaman, for example, might call upon his connection
> to death to help draw the death concentrating around a character into
> himself. Also known as "heal". A cat shaman with death touch (Is that the
> name? I don't have my book handy...it's a combat spell that requires
> physical contact) might hit someone and claw marks would appear, where a
> bear shaman might just deliver a crushing blow....
In my first Shadowrun game, this was somewhat encouraged. Our magic user
was a Druid of Sea, with Death Touch. If one of her victims had a mundane
autopsy performed on them afterwards, they'd find he died of seafood
poisoning.
Personally, I let the Awakened choose their effects to a degree. The Death
Touch one is a good example, but applies only to Shamans in my mind. Mages
with Death Touch simply interrupt a person's life energies, and an autopsy
shows no apparent cause of death other than "Stopped Breathing". On the
other hand, Shamans cannot choose the shape of any spirits besides
watchers, whereas Hermetics can shape the look of Elementals as well.
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Hail, Centurion!
Andrew C. Murdoch
toreador@***.bc.ca
http://members.xoom.com/corvisraven
